WINDSOR, ONT. — From boom town to gloom town.
After four years of population growth, as new arrivals to Windsor chased jobs in a manufacturing revival fuelled by the promise of electric vehicles, the influx stalled when U.S. tariffs hit.
The unemployment rate soared to the highest in Canada. Five thousand manufacturing positions were cut in the last five months, according to the local Chamber of Commerce. Roughly 16 per cent of jobs in the area are dependent on Canada-U.S. trade — double the national average. Home sales are down 6.3 per cent this year.
